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flap

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verb

as in to flutter
to move or cause to move with a striking motion the stirring sight of a huge flock of geese flapping their wings

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Recent Examples of flap
Noun
Starship Block 2 is slightly taller than the ship SpaceX used on the rocket's first six flights, with redesigned flaps, improved batteries and avionics, and notably, a new fuel feed line system for the ship's Raptor vacuum engines. ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025 Cash — who has made several tracks with Charli XCX — said the flap had turned him into a star in Italy. Alex Marshall, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
Hay said the eagle didn’t try to bite him, flap its wings or anything else to resist his rescue. Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025 Ward’s work from the trip captures the White Ensign flag flapping in the wind as the tour makes its way north. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for flap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flap
Noun
  • In Game 1 alone, Haliburton hit a game-tying shot at the end of regulation, sending the New York crowd into a stunned frenzy.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
  • The present crypto frenzy is sucking up all of the financial oxygen.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • On a 13-foot-tall wall almost 40 feet across, a kaleidoscope of metal butterflies are now in flight, fluttering around a centerpiece painting on aluminum metal.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • On an interior mural, a lac bird flutters its wings.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The public rift between Musk and Trump began in earnest with Musk's rampage against the president's domestic megabill.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 5 June 2025
  • As the county’s deadliest mass shooting, the rampage also raised questions about whether Wagstaffe would seek to execute the man believed responsible for it.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 4 June 2025

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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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